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Another listen to this record from a few years back. Really engaging compositions from this young composer - especially like the clarinet concerto. I really need to listen to them one at a time rather than all in one go. There's a concert of one of these pieces plus a new piano concerto (along with a music by Boulez and Carter) in Birmingham in March that I'm strongly tempted to make the journey for.

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Two other discs that have been bewitching me of late. The recording quality of the Norgard is stunning. 

And today's seasonal choice...

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Now playing, CD 23:
Niccolò Paganini 
– Centone di Sonate for Violin and Guitar Op.64/1 in A major
– Sonatas (6) for Violin and Guitar Op.3/6 in E minor
– Sonata Concertata for Violin and Guitar in A major Op.61/MS 2
– Cantabile for Violin and Piano in D major Op.17
Mauro Giuliani
– Duo concertant for Violin and Guitar in E minor Op.25
Itzhak Perlman (violin) & John Williams (guitar) (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classical)

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Three of the discs containing Christmas music.

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Can't have played that in 20 years - what a delightful piece. Wears its Wagner on its sleeve but also has the feel of Wunderhorn era Mahler. Really enjoyed it.

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No 2 from the Sibelius; 6, In the Fen Country and an orchestral arrangement of 'On Wenlock Edge' from the RVW.

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Now playing, CD 7:
Darius Milhaud – Symphonic Suite No.2 Op.57
Ernest Chausson – Poème for Violin & Orchestra Op.25 — Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Louis Gruenberg – Violin Concerto Op.47 — Jasucha Heifetz (violin) 
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical)

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2 hours ago, alankin said:

Now playing, CD 7:
Darius Milhaud – Symphonic Suite No.2 Op.57
Ernest Chausson – Poème for Violin & Orchestra Op.25 — Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Louis Gruenberg – Violin Concerto Op.47 — Jasucha Heifetz (violin) 
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical)

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Beautiful ....

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2 hours ago, soulpope said:

Beautiful ....

I didn't know Gruenberg, so I looked him up.  This concerto was commissioned by Heifetz in 1944, premiered by Ormandy in Philadelphia and recorded by Monteux in 1945.

Gruenberg did a lot of film work in Hollywood from 1939-1950 had several Academy Award nominations.  He was an uncredited contributor to the score for John Ford's classic Western "Stagecoach."

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Antonín Dvořák – Concerto for Cello in B minor Op.104 B.191 — USSR State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra – Boris Khaikin, 1957
Robert Schumann – Concerto for Cello in A minor Op.129 — USSR State Symphony Orchestra – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, 1960 
— Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists]

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Antonín Dvořák – Concerto for Cello in B minor Op.104 B.191 — USSR State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra – Boris Khaikin, 1957
Robert Schumann – Concerto for Cello in A minor Op.129 — USSR State Symphony Orchestra – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, 1960 
— Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [Brilliant Classics – Legendary Russian Soloists]

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This "Historic Russian Archives" release is a true treasure trove ....

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Now playing, CD 3 (Columbia Masterworks / Sony Classics) —
Robert Casadesus (piano)

Vincent D'Indy – Symphony on a French Mountain Air Op.25
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto for Piano No.21 in C major K 467
— Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York – Charles Munch

César Franck – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra M 46
— The Philharmonia Orchestra – George Weldon 

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